Seriously! the most persuasive reason that make me believe the hair is real virgin hair is by showing what color your hair can be bleached to, only when the hair can be processed to light blonde color I will believer the hair is 100% cuticle aligned virgin hair. You will see how Elesis Virgin Hair quality like when you see their bleached hair https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK6MhlhIOKs